Ehlers 100 times out of 100.
I am in a deep 12 team league. We roster 6C,10W,7D and 3G. We have a minor league draft that is open to even undrafted players. After going through top available talent Ehlers and Hanifan stood out. I have the first overall pick and 13th of a 2 round draft. I am more interested in ceiling than eta. Was hoping to get some opinions. Here are my league categories +/- A DA DG G GAA GTPTS PIM PPG PTS SPCT STPTS
16 Team League (4 Keepers keep max of three seasons) First Year of League
Categories G A P +/- PIM PPP SHP GWG FW HITS (G Cats) W GAA SV% SO
C Kopitar Backstrom Brassard
LW Benn Palat Roussel
RW Wheeler Brouwer Downie
D Hedman Shattenkirk Seabrook Goligoski Vatanen
UT Maroon N.Folingo (skaters only)
G Schneider Scrivens Tokarski
12 Team Keeper +/- A DA DG G GAA GTPTS PIM PPG PTS SPCT STPTS
C Kopitar Toews Carter Hodgson Couturier Brassard
W Vanek Okposo Elias Hornqvist Kucherov Frolik Lee MacArthur Clowe Reaves
D Phaneuf Green Ehrhoff J.Johnson Garrison E.Johnson Staal
G Elliott Smith Allen
Minors
McDavid Dal Colle Pastranak Tyler Benson
Ehlers 100 times out of 100.
GO WINGS!
Fantasy wise Ehlers all the way. I assume your talking about Hanifin of the 2015 class.
Ehlers, although damn Hanifin is gonna be a good player as well. But I'll take the winger over the d-man.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Close call. What do you need more, forward or d-man?
I'd pick Hanifin. I think he's the better choice between the two and by the time the next draft rolls around his value will be sky high.
12 team points only keeper (G = 1, A = 1, W = 2, SO = 2)
Dress 6 forwards, 4 defensemen, 2 goalies, weekly starts
Roster limit - 20 plus 4 prospects
I need high level performers as trade pieces. That is why I liked Hanifan and yes he is eligible in June draft and have read only McDavid or Eichel are rated higher. My league heavily rewards D-men as their assists/goals/pts count twice plus STPTS as well. I know that going to a poor team will hurt his +/- will be great on a weak team but I have read very good things about him (youngest player to ever make Boston College Varsity). I like Ehlers too but want a true high impact player.
16 Team League (4 Keepers keep max of three seasons) First Year of League
Categories G A P +/- PIM PPP SHP GWG FW HITS (G Cats) W GAA SV% SO
C Kopitar Backstrom Brassard
LW Benn Palat Roussel
RW Wheeler Brouwer Downie
D Hedman Shattenkirk Seabrook Goligoski Vatanen
UT Maroon N.Folingo (skaters only)
G Schneider Scrivens Tokarski
12 Team Keeper +/- A DA DG G GAA GTPTS PIM PPG PTS SPCT STPTS
C Kopitar Toews Carter Hodgson Couturier Brassard
W Vanek Okposo Elias Hornqvist Kucherov Frolik Lee MacArthur Clowe Reaves
D Phaneuf Green Ehrhoff J.Johnson Garrison E.Johnson Staal
G Elliott Smith Allen
Minors
McDavid Dal Colle Pastranak Tyler Benson
The defense points bonus is interesting. The only reason I still might go with Ehlers is because he's a year ahead in development, and defenders usually take awhile to really break out. So you're looking at potentially 4 years before Hanifin starts paying dividends, while Ehlers could walk in as a rookie next year and score 50 points.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
Thanks guys for taking the time to weigh in on my question.
16 Team League (4 Keepers keep max of three seasons) First Year of League
Categories G A P +/- PIM PPP SHP GWG FW HITS (G Cats) W GAA SV% SO
C Kopitar Backstrom Brassard
LW Benn Palat Roussel
RW Wheeler Brouwer Downie
D Hedman Shattenkirk Seabrook Goligoski Vatanen
UT Maroon N.Folingo (skaters only)
G Schneider Scrivens Tokarski
12 Team Keeper +/- A DA DG G GAA GTPTS PIM PPG PTS SPCT STPTS
C Kopitar Toews Carter Hodgson Couturier Brassard
W Vanek Okposo Elias Hornqvist Kucherov Frolik Lee MacArthur Clowe Reaves
D Phaneuf Green Ehrhoff J.Johnson Garrison E.Johnson Staal
G Elliott Smith Allen
Minors
McDavid Dal Colle Pastranak Tyler Benson
The prospects I'd definitely take over Ehlers right now:
Drouin
McDavid
Eichel
That's it.
As for Hanifin - I'm all for stud D prospects, but they are usually too fickle and have bumpy, long waits.
8-GM / WK-H2H
Forwards: G=2, A=1, PP/SH= +1, GWG= +2, Shootout G=1, HT= +1
D-Men/Captain: G=3/A=2
Goalies: W=3, OTL=1, SO= +2, SV= .10
Start = 13F, 6D, 2G / Keep 44 (3G)
Captain: Matthews
(F): MacKinnon, Pasta, Marner, Rantanen, Malkin, Barkov, M.Tkachuk, W.Nylander, Pettersson, Gaudreau, Laine, Keller, Miller, B.Tkachuk, Stutzle, DeBrincat, L.Raymond, K.Johnson, Cozens, Quinn, Guenther, Kulich, Cooley
(D): Makar, Dahlin, Q.Hughes, Ekblad, Rielly, Werenski, Letang, Jones, Chychrun, Seider, Edvinsson, Jiricek, Korchinski, Mintyukov, Ceulemans, Hutson
(G): Shesterkin, Demko, Vejmelka
For my first round selection I did take Ehlers. Thanks all
16 Team League (4 Keepers keep max of three seasons) First Year of League
Categories G A P +/- PIM PPP SHP GWG FW HITS (G Cats) W GAA SV% SO
C Kopitar Backstrom Brassard
LW Benn Palat Roussel
RW Wheeler Brouwer Downie
D Hedman Shattenkirk Seabrook Goligoski Vatanen
UT Maroon N.Folingo (skaters only)
G Schneider Scrivens Tokarski
12 Team Keeper +/- A DA DG G GAA GTPTS PIM PPG PTS SPCT STPTS
C Kopitar Toews Carter Hodgson Couturier Brassard
W Vanek Okposo Elias Hornqvist Kucherov Frolik Lee MacArthur Clowe Reaves
D Phaneuf Green Ehrhoff J.Johnson Garrison E.Johnson Staal
G Elliott Smith Allen
Minors
McDavid Dal Colle Pastranak Tyler Benson